October 10

From the for sure fact filled television this morning I overheard a bit about a one year old with an IQ of 160.............. Another Einstein in the making. Caused me to wonder how they test a one year old to determine an IQ ('intelligence quotient'). This caused me to wonder how they test anyone's intelligence quotient. Jumped right onto the computer where all the real answers are.

Well, golly gee, there was more there than you could shake a stick at and a lot of different opinion's on the validity of the whole shebang. I did pick out a few things to make this note longer. Such as....

In 2004, Richard Haier, professor of psychology in the Department of Pediatrics and colleagues at University of California, Irvine and the University of New Mexico used MRI to obtain structural images of the brain in 47 normal adults who also took standard IQ tests. The study demonstrated that general human intelligence appears to be based on the volume and location of gray matter tissue in the brain, and also demonstrated that, of the brain's gray matter, only about 6 percent appeared to be related to IQ.

According to Dr. C. George Boeree of Shippensburg University, intelligence is a person's capacity to (1) acquire knowledge (i.e. learn and understand), (2) apply knowledge (solve problems), and (3) engage in abstract reasoning. It is the power of one's intellect, and as such is clearly a very important aspect of one's overall well-being. Psychologists have attempted to measure it for well over a century

To get a "true" IQ score, multiple IQ tests must be taken since professionally administered IQ tests are only roughly 96% reliable. The average of multiple tests, usually at least three, is considered that person's "true" IQ score. However, these tests must be taken within a relatively short period of time, normally under one year for three or more tests.

Well, another professor says our IQ pretty much stays the same over a lifetime, no matter what we do to boost it. It's generally believed that IQ is hereditary — our mental development starts slowing up at age 13 and virtually stops at age 18. Says although we may not be able to change what we're born with, we can make the most of it.

"Read the newspapers, read as widely as possible, be physiologically fit, look after your brain," the Professor says.

I'm sad to say that my morning search has shown me that my intelligence quotient is way too low to understand much of what I read and am still without the knowledge of how they test a one year old child. About drove me bananas!
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"Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked." - Oliver Wendell Holmes




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